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essteeyou

essteeyou@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 2 months ago

I primarily read science fiction, but I will also read some general fiction, and even an interesting autobiography.

I love The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I'm not sure if anything I'll ever read will supplant it as my favorite thing to read.

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Adrian J. Walker: End of the World Survivors Club (2019, Penguin Random House)

There was a big patch in the middle of the book where literally every single imaginable thing went wrong. It got a little overwhelming for a while, but I'm glad that I persisted, because the ending is good.

I wish I'd read this when it came out instead of waiting so long.

Brandon Sanderson: The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) (Paperback, 2010, Tor Books)

Widely acclaimed for his work completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, Brandon Sanderson now …

I started listening to the audiobook recently. It's 35 hours long, and that's only book 1.

I'm enjoying the production so far. It reminds me slightly of The Sandman audiobooks.

Adrian J. Walker: End of the World Survivors Club (2019, Penguin Random House)

I have to be honest, I'm a bit fed up of everything going wrong. It feels like it's been disaster after disaster for like 100 pages. I really think there should be a little bit more good stuff happening to stop this from just being too much.

finished reading Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #3)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Memory (EBook, 2023, Orbit)

Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest …

I struggled to get into this one as much as the other two in the series. Toward the end things came together nicely though. I hope there are more books in this series in the future, but I wouldn't be too surprised if this is it.

finished reading Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #2)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Ruin (Paperback, 2019, Orbit)

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival …

Finished this on the plane on the way home from England. I love the two stories that I've read so far in this series, and I almost started the third one right away, but I was too close to landing to get far into it, so I'll save it for another day.

I guess I'll give any Tchaikovsky book a read based on these.

started reading Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #2)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Ruin (Paperback, 2019, Orbit)

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival …

I'm listening to the audiobook version of this while I shovel wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow of woodchips off my driveway and into the garden.

I loved the first book in the series, and the first 5 chapters of this one have been great, setting the scene that's all to familiar, but in new and interesting ways.

Adrian J. Walker: End of the World Survivors Club (2019, Penguin Random House)

I read the first book in this series a million years ago, and kept waiting for this to be available digitally. I contacted the author by email to ask about it a long time ago, and he said it wasn't likely. So I bought a copy on eBay and took it on the camping trip I just went on with my son.

I'm struggling to remember what happened in the first book, so I'm going to find a recap online and then try to get on with this one! I'm enjoying it so far, although I'm only a few chapters in.

David Baron: American eclipse (2017, Liveright, Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company)

In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late …

Thoroughly enjoyable if you like stories of science, astronomy, women's liberation, and travel/adventure. I really wish I'd read this in the approach of the total solar eclipse I saw in April.

Kaliane Bradley: The Ministry of Time (Hardcover, 2024, Simon & Schuster)

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …

Blasted through this one in short order. Very enjoyable. I prefer the sci-fi elements to the romance ones, but oh well.

I kind of want to read the factual stuff about the voyage now, and maybe watch The Terror, which apparently tells the story of the voyage in one season.

Kaliane Bradley: The Ministry of Time (Hardcover, 2024, Simon & Schuster)

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …

I have really enjoyed this so far. I've been making time to listen to it.

I saw that it was tagged as "romance" alongside "sci-fi" but I have to say I wasn't expecting the stuff that just happened, especially while I was out walking the dog!